CHAPTER 112
HB 394 - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 394
AN ACT relative to short-term health insurance policies for certain persons.
SPONSORS: Rep. Salts, Hills 41; Rep. Stone, Rock 7; Rep. Dionne, Hills 1; Rep. Kenney, Carr 6
This bill clarifies when short-term individual health insurance policies may be issued.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to short-term health insurance policies for certain persons.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
112:1 Short-Term Health Policies. Amend RSA 415:5, III to read as follows:
III. Nonrenewable, individual health insurance policies which provide medical, hospital, or major medical expense benefits for a specified term may be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state; however, no such policy shall provide coverage for a specified term in excess of 6 months, nor shall any such policy be issued in this state to a person who was previously covered by more than [one such policy] 2 such policies within the preceding 12-month period.
112:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 26, 2001)
(Effective Date: August 25, 2001)